Thread by @ExaminingMoscow

🧵 1/ Examining Doug Wilson and the case of the Medina family. Hilary and her family were Christ Church members. Hilary talks about her father having a bad temper that frightened her and other family members.

2/ Around the time Hilary went through puberty, her father changed toward her. He began making comments to her about her figure that made her uncomfortable. Hilary later said she just wanted her dad to be there for her in a “normal dad way” and not make comments about her body.

3/ At one point, her father began touching her in inappropriate ways that also made her uncomfortable.

Note: Remember that we are dealing with a community in which women are trained from a young age that they must always be compliant and submissive to men.

4/ In essence, women are trained to have no autonomy, no agency, no voice.

As Hilary’s case progressed, Nancy Wilson told Hilary at one point that Hilary’s father had confessed to secretly watching Hilary take showers.

5/ Hilary’s father also told Hilary at one point that there was a period of time when Hilary’s mother didn’t sleep with him, and that’s what made him “act out” with Hilary.

6/ Eventually, the family ended up in Doug Wilson’s office. Here we have a situation of Hilary’s father confessing to s3xual voy3urism, unwanted s3xual touching (a form of s3xual a$$ault), and the Medina family sitting in their pastor’s office.

What do you think happened next?

7/ For the rest of Hilary’s story, here is a link to her interview -

8/ Hilary’s story is also in the Vice* article “Inside the Church That Preaches ‘Wives Need To Be Led with a Firm Hand’” -

*Note that Vice is a secular media outlet. While the church hasn’t done a great job of reporting on such things, secular media has.vice.com/en/article/m7e…

9/ We continue to be deeply grateful to the survivors for their courage, and for speaking up. We know it’s not easy. Some victims are never ready, and that’s okay too. For those, may the LORD bind their wounds and give them comfort.

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10/ A few more excerpts:

“…this was when I was a little bit older, I had started attending Logos. My Mom was getting the kids ready to go to school and my Dad gave me the scan and said, you look so nice. And I just didn't like it. There was nothing good about his compliments to me because of how physical he felt like he could be with me.”

11/ “During my junior year at Logos, my Mom picked me up from school, got me a coffee, and she said, Nancy Wilson has some questions for you, so I'm going to drop you off at the Wilson's house.”

12/ “One thing came to my mind to share with her, and I did say, you know, a while back I was showering at night and I saw the window close really quick while I was showering, so I knew someone was out there watching me. And I thought, my first thought was that it was my Dad playing a prank on me. And, um... and then of course he denied it.… And then she goes, oh, well, it turns out that was your Dad.”

13/ “… as a family, we were called into Doug Wilson's office and my Dad was asked to apologize for the things that he did to us, the years of temper issues, the watching me in the shower, and the inappropriate back rub. And so he did… he said, please forgive me for these things. It was in front of Doug Wilson. …And so, yeah, we said, yeah, we forgive you, Dad. And then we all prayed together.”

14/ Doug Wilson to Hilary: “If you're showering someday in the future and like a bird hits the window and you have a memory of your dad looking at you in the shower, it doesn't necessarily mean that you're bitter if you think about your Dad, but make sure you don't become bitter.”

15/ “Then he said I should meet with his wife Nancy to get counseling… If Doug Wilson suggests something, you don't really say ‘no’ to it…. None of this was reported to the police and I even remember Nancy at one point saying, ‘well nothing illegal happened’. Um, but now I'm just not so sure of that. I'm pretty sure some of those things he did are criminal actions.”

16/ To recap:

• A minor girl being s3xually touched and voy3ured by her father

• Doug Wilson gives the family pastoral “counsel”, walks the father through an apology, walks the family through a forgiveness/restoration/prayer time scenario

• Police not called

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• Hilary was then directed to do more “counseling” with Nancy Wilson

• Nancy Wilson assured Hilary that “nothing illegal happened”

• A submissive and younger Hilary accepts that

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• A wiser and older Hilary finds her voice and says, No, I’m pretty sure some of those things were criminal actions

The question must be asked: why are there so many s3xual pr3dators in Doug Wilson’s schema?

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Hilary: “I’ve witnessed a very concerning pattern of sexual abuse cover up by the leadership at Christ Church. Because of my personal experiences there, I have a duty to shine a light in dark places for others to see and be warned of the dangers of Doug Wilson’s spreading influence among Christians.”